State of Louisiana v. Lerone C. Lewis

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• recognizing that a criminal conviction cannot be reversed based on harmless error, i.e., when there is little likelihood that the error affected the verdict
• concluding that, if a plain error was harmless, “then we have no discretion and must affirm”
• recognizing that harm- less error is not a basis for reversal, whether preserved or plain
• holding that it was plain error not to give any mental- state instruction at all for a particular element, but that it Cite as 346 Or App 402 (2026
• recognizing that harmless error is not a basis for reversal, whether preserved or plain
• explaining that “if the error was truly harmless, then have no discretion and must affirm”

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